M-1
Dimensional standards
Height & bulk
Servicing
- Geographic extent
- DistrictZoning districtA mapped area with one set of rules, identified by a code like R-1 or B-2. M-1, Industrial, Limited
Uses
Permitted by right23
- Assembly of electrical appliances, radios, computers and similar devices
- Automobile assembling, painting, upholstering, repairing, rebuilding, reconditioning, body and fender work, truck repairing or overhauling, tire retreading or recapping, or battery manufacture
- Blacksmith shop, welding or machine shop
- Laboratories, pharmaceutical and/or medical
- Manufacture, compounding, processing, packaging, or treatment of such products as bakery goods, candy, cosmetics, dairy products, perfumes, pharmaceuticals, toiletries, food and seafood products
- Manufacture of pottery and figurines or other similar ceramic products, using only previously pulverized clay, and kilns
- Manufacture of musical instruments, toys, novelties and rubber and metal stamps
- Building material sales yards, plumbing supplies
- Coal and wood yards, lumberyards, feed and seed stores
- Contractors' equipment storage yards or plants, or rental of equipment commonly used by contractors
- Cabinet, furniture and upholstery shops
- Boat building and repair
- Monumental stone works
- Truck terminals
- Wholesale businesses, storage warehouses
- Off-street parking as defined
- Public utility generating, booster or relay stations, transformer substations, transmission lines and towers, and other facilities for the provision and maintenance of public utilities, including railroads and facilities, and water and sewer lines
- Finfish and shellfish processing
- Post office
- Major recreational equipment in accordance with Article 19 of this ordinance
- County-sanctioned public facility
- Sandblasting and metal repair shop
- Yacht club
Conditional / special use1
Accessory1
Extracted standards
15 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Noise
- Maximum construction noise85 dba
Noise levels during construction must not exceed an average over the work day of 85 decibels (dba) as measured at the boundary lines of the leased or owned area.
- Maximum operational noise65 dba
Inverter and other equipment noise shall not exceed 65 decibels (dba) when measured from the property line or project area boundary, whichever is greater.
Other
- Abandonment period24 months
In the event that the site is abandoned, idle, not being maintained, or not sending electrons to the grid, for a period exceeding 24 months, the owner and/or the operator shall have six months in which to either accomplish the decommissioning plan or bring the facility back up to the required standards.
- Construction hours
Construction hours shall be limited to between 7:00 am and 7:00 pm, Monday through Saturday.
- Decommissioning plan required
A Decommissioning Plan, detailing how the site will be returned to the pre-development state, shall be submitted during the application process and be filed with Zoning Administrator, if approved.
- Emergency plan required
An Emergency Plan shall be presented, which addresses possible hazards.
- Glare restriction
The solar panels shall be of a non-reflective type and the facility must be designed and operated to prevent the direction of concentrated solar radiation or glare onto neighboring properties and public roads.
- Liability insurance required
The owner/operator shall provide proof of adequate liability insurance for a solar facility prior to the issuance of zoning and building permits.
- SetbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from public right-of-way250 ft
Fenced areas must be 250 feet from the edge of a public right of way.
- SetbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from residential districtZoning districtA mapped area with one set of rules, identified by a code like R-1 or B-2.500 ft
Fenced areas bordering a residential district shall require a 500-foot setback.
- SetbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from wetlands and streams250 ft
Fenced area of solar arrays shall be a minimum of 250 feet, measured in a horizontal plane, from the edge of tidal and non-tidal wetlands and streams.
- Utility scale solar requires special exception
May be permitted only with a Special Exception approved by the Lancaster Board of Supervisors in Districts A-1, Agricultural, Limited; A-2, Agricultural, General; and M-1, Industrial, Limited.
- Vegetated buffer width40 ft
a vegetated buffer a minimum of 40 feet in width is required within the setback area
Signage
- Maximum directional sign area8 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
Directional signs, not exceeding eight square feet per sign, shall be permitted and limited to no more than two per approved entrance or right of way.
- Maximum sign area32 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
No signage shall be allowed on the fencing, structures, or buildings of the facility except for one sign 32 square feet at the main ingress/egress area
From the ordinance
May be permitted only with a Special Exception approved by the Lancaster Board of Supervisors in Districts A-1, Agricultural, Limited; A-2, Agricultural, General; and M-1, Industrial, Limited. ... Front, side, and rear setbacks shall be a minimum of 250 feet from fenced areas. ... The height of ground mounted utility scale solar facilities shall not exceed 15 feet in height when oriented at maximum tilt.
Use details
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"permitted_uses": [
"Manufacture, compounding, assembling or treatment of articles of merchandise from the following previously prepared materials: bone, cellophane, canvas, cloth, cork, feathers, felt, fiber, fur, glass, hair, horn, leather, paper, plastic, precious or semiprecious metals, or stones, shell, straw, textiles, tobacco, wood, yarn, and paint"
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